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SHOW BOX COVER. No. 291,450. Patented Jan. 1, 1884.

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ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN GEO. WHITE, OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA.

s ow-Box COVER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No; 291,450, dated January 1, I884. Application filed April 4, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, JOHN G. WHITE, of Pensacola, county of Escambia, Florida, have invented a new and Improved Show-Box Cover, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved hinged cover which can be secured on tobacco-boxes after the usual cover has beenremoved, which improved cover is to keep the box properly closed, and also facilitates the removal of the tobacco and exposes the tobacco to view. A

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 isaperspective view of a tobaccobox providedwith my improved cover. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the box and cover, showing the latter raised. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail cross-sectional view of part of the cover. Fig. at is an enlarged detail side view of the upperend of the brace for holding the cover raised; and Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail cross-sectional view of the cover, showing the fastening devices of the same. I

A frame, A, is made of moldings, either plain, stained, or painted, and to the said frame A a frame, B, is hinged, which fits into the opening of the frame A, and in which frame B a pane of glass, 0, is held.

On the inner sides of the frame A strips D are secured a short distance from the outer edges,lso that when the frame A is placed on the end of a box, E, the outer surfaces of the strips D will rest against the inner surfaces of the sides of the box, and the outer edges of the molding frame will be flush or about flush with the outer surfaces of the sides of 'thebox. Thumb-sore w s F pass through the strips D from the inner toward the outer edges. The frame B is provided at its swinging end with a handle-knob, G, or analogous device, and the frame A is provided with. a spring-catch,

| H, for holding the frame B closed. A brace,

J, is pivoted to the frame A a short distance below the piece on which the frame B is hinged, and the said brace is provided with a longitudinal slot, K, terminating at the free end of the brace in a notch, a. A stud, L, projecting from a jaw, L, on the frame B, passes through the slot K, and is provided at its outer end with a cross piece or head, to prevent the brace from sliding off. The usual cover is removed from the box E, and the frame A is placed on the end of the box, and is held in place by screwing the screws F into the sides of the box. If the frame B, which, with its pane 0, forms the cover, is to be held open, it is raised until the stud Lpasses into the notch a. The catch H holds the cover closed when desired.

The above-described cover keeps dust and vermin from the tobacco, and prevents the tobacco from drying out or becoming too moist and moldy. The tobacco is exposed to view, and the cover and the tobacco showing through the same will be an ornament to any place where tobacco is sold.

The cover can be made of any desired size, according to the use of the box. When the box is empty, the cover is removed and secured on another box in the manner described or by equivalent devices.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- The combination, with the molding-frame A, having strips D near the outer edges, of the frame B, hinged to fit within it, and having stud L projecting from a jaw, L, on the frame B, the thumb-screws F, and the brace J, pivoted to frame A, and having the longitudinal slot K, terminating in a notch, a, whereby the cover may fit closely in the box and be held open, as described.

JOHN GEO. WHITE.

Witnessesr J OHN DE LA RUE, THos. PAUL. 

